Groundskeeping

Author

Lee Cole

Call Number

• FICTION COLE (CEN, OSH)

Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.

Physical Description

323 pages ; 25 cm

Summary

"An indelible love story about two very different people navigating the entanglements of class and identity and coming of age in an America coming apart at the seams. In the run-up to the 2016 election, Owen Callahan, an aspiring writer, moves back to Kentucky to live with his Trump-supporting uncle and grandfather. Eager to clean up his act after wasting time and potential in his early twenties, he takes a job as a groundskeeper at a small local college, in exchange for which he is permitted to take a writing course. Here he meets Alma Hazdic, a writer in residence who seems to have everything that Owen lacks--a prestigious position, an Ivy League education, success as a writer. They begin a secret relationship, and as they grow closer, Alma--who comes from a liberal family of Bosnian immigrants--struggles to understand Owen's fraught relationship with family and home."--

Notes

"This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Title page verso.